Postolovic, Katarina S., Antonijevic, Milan D. ORCID: 0000-0002-5847-7886, Ljujic, Biljana, Radenkovic, Slavko, Miletic Kovacevic, Marina, Hiezl, Zoltan, Pavlovic, Svetlana, Radojevic, Ivana and Stanic, Zorka (2022) Curcumin and diclofenac therapeutic efficacy enhancement applying transdermal hydrogel polymer films, based on carrageenan, alginate and poloxamer. Polymers, 14 (19):4091. ISSN 2073-4360 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14194091)

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Abstract

Films based on carrageenan, alginate and poloxamer 407 have been formulated with the main aim to apply prepared formulations in wound healing process. The formulated films were loaded with diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug, as well as diclofenac and curcumin, as multipurpose drug, in order to enhance encapsulation and achieve controlled release of these low bioavailable compounds. The obtained data demonstrated improved drugs bioavailability (encapsulation efficiency higher than 90%), with achieved high, cumulative in vitro release percentages (90.10% for diclofenac; 89.85% for curcumin and 95.61% for diclofenac in mixture-incorporated films).. The results obtained using theoretical models suggested that curcumin establish stronger, primarily dispersion interactions with carrier, in comparison with diclofenac. Curcumin and diclofenac-loaded films showed a great antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria strains (Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, inhibition zone 16.67 mm and 13.67 mm, respectively), and in vitro and in vivo studies indicated that curcumin- and diclofenac-incorporated polymer films have a great tendency, as a new transdermal dressing, to heal wounds, because diclofenac can target the inflammatory phase and reduce pain, whereas curcumin can enhance and promote wound healing process.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	curcumin; diclofenac; films; biopolymers; carrageenan/alginate/poloxamer; wound healing
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2022 09:09
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/37544

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